Bingham and Trent
The northern cluster of the Rushcliffe South beat area is comprised of Radcliffe on Trent, Bingham and the surrounding rural villages. The Trent and Manvers beat areas contain Radcliffe on Trent and Shelford village. It is bordered by the A46 Fosse Way to the east, the A52 Nottingham / Grantham Road to the South and the River Trent to the West. Radcliffe on Trent has a population of approximately 8000 and has many amenities including banks, shops, pubs and a large Comprehensive School. There are some small businesses but the area is predominantly residential. Shelford is a small rural village on the banks of the River Trent approximately 1 mile from the bridge across the Trent on the A6097 at Gunthorpe. The village of Bingham is situated in South Nottinghamshire some eight miles to the east of Nottingham. The area borders the A46 and the A52, which meet at the Saxondale Island. This is situated to the west on the outskirts of Bingham. Bingham is also close to the neighbouring counties of Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
Neighbourhood Priorities
Through consultation with the members of the public in this neighbourhood we regularly set out a number of priorities to be tackled.
- Target the increase in metal thefts Show details
Following the Priority Setting Meeting on 24th November 2011 representatives from this beat cluster have chosen 3 main crimes for the Police to focus upon over the next 3 month period.
This Priority was retained at the Priority Setting Meeting on 24th January 2012, and will again be reviewed on 12th April 2012 at the next scheduled Priority Setting meeting.
Working in partnership with the council to reduce the incidents of metal theft from gardens, unoccupied premises, business premises, leisure premises and Churches. To identify and take positive action against people involved in Metal theft.
Our Response
To gather intelligence and take positive action against those involved in theft of metal.
To work closely with Scrap dealers to ensure opportunities for the trade in stolen metal is reduced.
To educate the public through crime prevention messages.
To tackle unlicensed mobile scrap metal dealers / collectors.
Update 24/01/2012
During December there were several operations carried out by Nottinghamshire Police in order to combat the theft of metal in this area.
Operation Metallica initially took place on 8th December and all staff were directed to focus their attention purely on checking scrap metal collectors as they were trading as well as mobile in the local rural villages. Many vehicles were checked to ensure all traders have the relevant waste carriers licenses and business use insurance.
On the 20th December this operation was repeated on a larger scale as a Cross Border, multi agency operation involving officer from Leicestershire police as well as Network rail and VOSA. This operation resulted in a number of arrests and served as a reminder to all those involved in the theft of metal that we will not tolerate this on our area.
In January, a number of scarp metal patrols have been carried out and unannounced visits have been made to Scrap dealers on the Rushcliffe area - these will continue, with further scrap metal days being identified by the Police to ensure that scrap metal collectors have the necessary paperwork and are acting legitimately, and to check the records and practices of the Scrap Metal dealers.
Update 15/12/2011
Rushcliffe North and South SNT were involved in an Operation Metallica Day of Action on 08/12/2011, where both local scrapyards were visited, and scrap vehicles stopped.
All scrap collectors and vehicles were checked and found to be in order and have the appropriate documents. - Local Beat Priority – SPEEDING - Bingham Show details
A Neighbourhood Priority Setting Meeting took place to discuss local policing for the next three months. This meeting consisted of members of the community such as neighbourhood watch members, parish councillors, local residents and business people.
A review of the previous three months work in relation to speeding was given and also the results of the surveys completed in the Bingham beat areas in the ensuing period.
Although the local community identified speeding as an issue, it was agreed by the members of the meeting to set it as a beat priority instead of a neighbourhood priority. Therefore, the local beat team and community speed watch for each area will manage it and we can be utilised in more locations across the beat.
The current locations identified by the local community are as follows:-
* Grantham Road, Bingham
* Nottingham Road, Bingham
Main offending times are during the evening although there are no specific time periods.
Our Response
Officers using speed detection devices will attend the locations highlighted, along with other locations, at the relevant times and, where appropriate, issue tickets to offending drivers. We continue to work alongside the Community Speedwatch and liaison will take place with them on a regular basis, along with articles placed in newsletters and magazines, highlighting the priority.
The Community Speedwatch teams are also going to liaise with each other with a view to co-ordinated activity taking place.
For Police updates please see below. - Low Level ASB - Bingham Show details
Over the last year the number of reported antisocial incidents has dropped significantly. However there been several reports of groups of youths congregating in the Bingham Market Place and immediate surrounding area drinking alcohol and leaving litter behind. Following the collation of neighbourhood policing surveys and discussion with the Local Area Group it has been decided that Low level ASB should be a local policing priority.
Our Response
The Safer Neighbourhoods team headed by PC 147 John Reason will be carrying out regular patrols in and around Bingham Market place to reassure local residents and shopkeepers and deter groups from acting in an antisocial manner. Alcohol will be confiscated from anyone who is under the age of 18 and fixed penalty tickets will be given to anyone who is seen to be dropping litter.
The results of any police action will be updated on this website when the priority comes up for review at the next Local Area Group meeting on 12/04/2012.
Policing your neighbourhood
Shown below are the beats in the Bingham and Trent area of Nottinghamshire along with the names of local officers, their telephone number and details of any engagements they hold where you can speak to them in person. Beat officers should not be contacted for emergencies (when you should ring 999) or to report crime (when you should contact your local police station).
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